Sunflowers: Growth and Development, Environmental Influences and Pests/Diseases

SUNFLOWERS: GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES AND PESTS/DISEASES......Page 3
SUNFLOWERS: GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES AND PESTS/DISEASES......Page 5
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 11
ABSTRACT......Page 17
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 18
3. PRODUCTION......Page 19
4. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT......Page 21
5. SUNFLOWER ALLELOPATHY......Page 24
7. SUNFLOWER AS A RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE......Page 26
CONCLUSION......Page 27
REFERENCES......Page 28
ABSTRACT......Page 35
INTRODUCTION......Page 36
PATTERN OF FLORAL DEVELOPMENT AND ITS MODULATION BY LIGHT, HORMONES AND GENETIC FACTORS......Page 37
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF DEVELOPING STIGMAAND TRANSMITTING TISSUE......Page 41
ACCUMULATION OF INTRACELLULAR AND EXTRACELLULAR LIPIDS AND ASSOCIATED ENZYMES IN RELATION WITH STIGMA MATURATION......Page 42
REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES ACCUMULATION DURING STIGMA DEVELOPMENT AND ASSOCIATED SCAVENGING MECHANISMS......Page 44
LIPIDS IN POLLEN COAT AND THEIR ROLE IN FOOT FORMATION......Page 46
OTHER BIOCHEMICAL FEATURES OF POLLEN GRAINSAND RECEPTIVE STIGMA......Page 48
THE PROCESS OF POLLEN ADHESION, HYDRATION AND GERMINATION ON THE RECEPTIVE STIGMA......Page 49
REFERENCES......Page 51
ABSTRACT......Page 59
INTRODUCTION......Page 60
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION......Page 61
CONCLUSION......Page 72
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 73
REFERENCES......Page 74
ABSTRACT......Page 77
INTRODUCTION......Page 78
1. SUNFLOWER BREEDING......Page 79
2. SUNFLOWER LINKAGE MAP......Page 80
3. QTL MAPPING......Page 82
4. ASSOCIATION MAPPING AND GENOME SELECTION......Page 90
5. PHYSICAL MAPPING......Page 92
CONCLUSION......Page 94
REFERENCES......Page 95
ABSTRACT......Page 111
INTRODUCTION......Page 112
GENETIC RESOURCES......Page 113
CYTOGENETICS......Page 122
APPLICATION OF WILD SPECIES IN SUNFLOWER BREEDING......Page 130
CONCLUSION......Page 136
REFERENCES......Page 137
ABSTRACT......Page 147
INTRODUCTION......Page 148
FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS FOR ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC STRESS RESPONSES IN SUNFLOWER......Page 150
LARGE SCALE TRANSCRIPTOMICS ANALYSIS......Page 153
OTHER POST GENOMICS FUNCTIONAL STRATEGIES: METABOLOMICS......Page 156
REVERSE GENETICS BY TILLING STRATEGY......Page 158
IN VITRO CULTURE AND GENETIC TRANSFORMATION......Page 159
TRANSIENT TRANSFORMATION AND USE OF LETTUCE AS MODEL SYSTEM FOR SUNFLOWER FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS STUDIES......Page 162
MOST IMPORTANT AGRONOMICAL TRAITS ENDORSED BY GENETICENGINEERING OF SUNFLOWER......Page 164
CONCLUSION......Page 166
REFERENCES......Page 167
INTRODUCTION......Page 181
SUNFLOWER DISEASES......Page 183
CONCLUSION......Page 197
REFERENCES......Page 198
ABSTRACT......Page 203
INTRODUCTION......Page 204
REFERENCES......Page 213
ABSTRACT......Page 217
INTRODUCTION......Page 218
REDUCE PRIMARY INOCULUM......Page 222
REDUCE THE RISK OF DISEASE BY ESCAPING INFECTION......Page 224
MITIGATE DISEASE IMPACT......Page 226
CONCLUSION......Page 236
REFERENCES......Page 238
ABSTRACT......Page 243
SEEDLING PESTS......Page 244
PESTS DURING THE PRE-HEADING AND HEADING STAGES......Page 245
CONCLUSION......Page 252
REFERENCES......Page 253
ABSTRACT......Page 255
SUNFLOWER......Page 256
WASTEWATER SLUDGE......Page 257
SAMPLING SITE AND PROPERTIES OF SOIL......Page 258
BACILLUS SUBTILIS......Page 259
METHODS......Page 260
UREA NOTES......Page 261
WASTEWATER SLUDGE NOTES......Page 262
BACILLUS SUBTILIS NOTES......Page 267
REFERENCES......Page 269
ABSTRACT......Page 273
CORRECTION OF SOIL ACIDITY......Page 274
NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS OF SUNFLOWERS......Page 276
FERTILIZATION......Page 281
REFERENCES......Page 291
ABSTRACT......Page 297
INTRODUCTION......Page 298
METHODS......Page 300
CONCLUSION......Page 309
REFERENCES......Page 310
ABSTRACT......Page 313
INTRODUCTION......Page 314
METHODS......Page 315
CONCLUSION......Page 317
REFERENCES......Page 321
INDEX......Page 325